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Ted Cruz: “Charlie had a vision that he wanted to make it cool to love…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Remembering our Friend, the Great Charlie Kirk

Published | Video Starts at 09:52

… years ago, where a lot of young people at the time, it wasn't cool to be conservative. You know, Barack Obama was president. He was hip, he was cool. And Charlie had a vision that he wanted to make it cool to love liberty, to believe in the Constitution, to believe in the First Amendment. He wanted to make it cool to love your country. And that was his vision was there from day one. A lot of people disbelieved him, but he also, he approached it with a winsome spirit. (09:52–09:59)

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Asserts that Charlie Kirk aimed to popularize conservative values among young people.

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